The treatment of monodelusional psychosis associated with depression.
This is a report of the treatment of four patients suffering from a syndrome consisting of a single delusion in association with depression. The tendency of monodelusional syndromes to respond to a pimozide provides a rationale for nosological organisation.
Chiu
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McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
McFarlane
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Dobson
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D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003702:Delusions / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D010868:Pimozide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D010868:Pimozide; D002997:Clomipramine